Wie West came out of retirement to help usher in the women's league and she wasted little time giving it a big moment. Standing on the par-3, 184-yard hole called SOS, Wie West hit the flagstick on a shot that looked good from the start. In fact, watch the video below. It's hard to see how the ball didn't find the bottom of the cup. The hole, by the way, was designed by Annika Sorenstam.
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view allBen James has a chance to collect his first PGA Tour title Sunday at the World Wide Technology Championship. The University of Virginia product who was No. 1 in the tour’s college rankings last year, shot 66 Saturday to take a four-shot lead into the final round over Ryan Gerard. No matter what happens James already has exempt status for next season. A victory, however, would put him into the Championship Series in 2028 and move him into the top 50 in the world.
A $15 million 3D printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, is the start of changing that. The plant will expand the company’s advanced titanium research and manufacturing, and it’s expected to open in mid-2027. It should begin supplying part of Callaway’s U.S. needs in 2028, starting with custom titanium products, so early output will be more of the small-batch variety, not volume.
Callaway’s U.S. manufacturing push began with golf balls. Over the past several years, the company has spent more than $100 million on its ball plant in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Fort Worth extends that commitment to clubs.
For Callaway, the pitch is focused on design freedom. Printing lets engineers build internal structures and shapes that forging and casting can’t produce, and Callaway says that’s where its next performance gains will come from.
Chip Brewer, Callaway's president and CEO, calls 3D printing “one of the most significant opportunities to advance golf club performance in decades.” The company has been printing prototypes and custom models in-house since late 2022.
And you can expect to see a lot more of it from the 15-time major champ now that his son, Charlie, has officially commited to play golf at Florida State starting next year. Tiger was on hand at Charlie's high school for a signing ceremony on Friday and was decked out in garnet and gold instead of his usual Stanford red. Charlie, currently No. 133 in the AJGA rankings, will graduate from the Benjamin School in the spring.